The Cleveland Browns tied a knot around their 2019 season Sunday by dropping the last game of the year to the Cincinnati Bengals, who had won just once all year entering the final week of the year.
The Browns entered the season with copious amounts of optimism as it pertained to what their offense, and thereby team, could accomplish. Looking in the mirror at a 6-10 record, wide receiver Jarvis Landry was asked shortly after the loss to Cincinnati whether he thought that head coach Freddie Kitchens should be retained for the 2020 campaign, to which he succinctly replied:
“Not my call.”
Jarvis Landry on Freddie: “Not my call.” pic.twitter.com/Qbz6YIBiHk
— Jake Trotter (@Jake_Trotter) December 29, 2019
That's far from a ringing endorsement from one of the primary offensive weapons that Cleveland figures to lean on heading into next season. The discussion of Kitchens' job status has been paramount around Cleveland even before the dust settled Sunday.
Kitchens arrived on the scene in Cleveland in 2018 and was credited with assisting rookie quarterback Baker Mayfield make a significant impact during his first year in the league. That success helped parlay Kitchens into consideration for the head coaching role when Hue Jackson was let go in the middle of the season.
Kitchens certainly did not credit the hype around his team coming into 2019, but it existed nonetheless. After adding All-Pro wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. in an off-season deal with the New York Giants, Landry was expected to pair well with his former LSU teammate. The duo, as well as Mayfield and Kitchens, never hit it off like many in Cleveland hoped.
Whether or not they get another shot at it in 2020 remains to be seen.
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